After about a year of planning, designing, drawing, rigorous & varied ritual sacrifices, puppy acquisition, and precious final minutes seconds of triple checking, ground officially broke on The Augusta Project the morning of Wednesday, July 8th. Six days later, so has The Augusta Project: The Blog!

This is where we'll be posting updates, images, anecdotes - heck, maybe even some video!- docementing the renovation/construction process as well as the certification processes for LEED-H, EarthCraft, and God knows however many other merit badges our intrepid owner/builder over at Hollyport Ventures has his eyes on. We hope you're half as excited as we are... which is pretty excited.

Under the direction of architect R. Michael Cross, LEED AP, Hollyport Ventures LLC is rehabilitating a home at 4600 Augusta Ave, in the City of Richmond.This 1938 structure, built many years before most of the practices promoted by the LEED for Homes program were created, poses many challenges. The goal of the “Augusta Project” is to renovate this home to meet the Gold certification level of the LEED for Homes program. By doing so, it will demonstrate that high levels of sustainable design are achievable in simple home additions and are accessible to the average homeowner.